Bale-tie



(No Model.)

L. COOK.

* BALB TIB. y No. 349,569. Patented SeptfZl, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEROY COOK, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 349.5169, dated September 21, 1886..l

I Application filed March 1, 1886. Serial No.1193,f-2. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, LEROY 000K, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of' this specification, and in whichy Figures l and 2 represent a side and plan view, respectively, of' a bale-tie embodying my improvements before tension is applied thereto, the strand composing the body of the r 5 tie being shown broken off a short distance from its fastening ends in Fig. 2, as well as in all the following gurcs. Figs. 3 and 4 represent a plan and side view,'respectively, of the tie after having been fastened and thetension applied by the expansion of the bale after removal from the Daling-machine. Fig. 5 represents the tie in position when partially fastened, as hereinafter described; and Fig. 6 represents the looped or manufactured end of my improved tie, also hereinafter described.

-My invention relates to bale-ties made :from a single strand of Wire, and to the particular class of bale-ties having a manufactured loop upon one end,with the opposite end left plain, and fastened by passing said plain end through the loop, and thence back around the body of the strand composing the tie. It comprises in combination said plain end and the loop aforesaid made and the two ends fastened according to my invention, as hereinafter set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,`I will now proceed to describe it more in detail.

Referring to the drawings, the part marked A represents a single wire strand from which is made my improved bale-tie. (Shown complete in Fig. l.) Said strand is in practice cut of the proper length to make the bale-tie of the length desired when thus completed, and at the same time admit of its being fastened over a bale of hay, straw, or other merv chandise, as hereinafter described.

In making the tie one end thereof is left plain,while upon its opposite end is formed a peculiar-shaped loop, B,which constitutes'the main feature of' my invention. Said loop B is made in the. following manner: One end of' the wire is first doubled back upon itself the proper distance, as shown in the drawings,

I and then twisted fora short distance from the end toward the looped end thus formed, as shown at a, to fasten said doubled part in position, three twists, I find in practice, being 6o sufficient for the above purpose, and to produce a neat appearance. The doubled untwisted portion b is next bent into theform of an eye, c, (shown in plan view, Figs. 1 and 6,) then coiled partially arounditself at theintersection d, or point where said double wires come together at the base of said eye. From this point the doubled end of the wire is extended up and over the eye, as best shown4 in Figs. 5 and 6, to form the holding part e, around which the plain end of' the tie is passed in fastening the two ends together, as hereinafter described. If desi red, the doubled untwisted part b may be coiled upon itself at the intersecting point d one or more times,in 7 5 stead of making only a partial turn about the same, as above described. I prefer, however, the latter method, as shown in the drawings', for the reason that considerable stock is thereby saved over the other method, and the tie when thus made is sufficiently strong to withstand any tensional strain liable to be applied to the same, which I have ascertained by practical tests. In each instance under said tests 'the fastening of the tie withstood the strain v85 applied, and the break under extreme tension occurred in the body of the wire strand composing the tie, the fastening by said operation being simply drawn into the shape shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings without break- 9o ing o r otherwise impairing the same.

The operation of fastening one of my improved ties over a bale is as follows: Said tie havingbeen passed around the bale and the two ends brought together, the attendant then, holding the looped end in one hand,takes the plain end in the other hand and passes it from underneath up through the eye of said loop to the left of the holding part e, thence to the right over said holding part, around the same Ice andtheloop,as bestshown in Figs.2and 5, and, finally, passing it under the body of the wire, coils it around the same one or more times, thus completing the fastening.

It is obvious that a baletie made in aceord ance with my invention is strong and durable, not liable to slip and become slack, and may be applied in a convenient and expeditions manner. Such ties may be manufactured by means of suitable machinery Working automatically, and may therefore be produced and supplied to the trade at a low cost.

Having described my improved bale-tie, what I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bale-tie made from a single strand of Wire having` one end left plain and the other end doubled and twisted, and having formed there on the double Wire loop c, and the extreme double end bent across the loop to form a locking-tongue, the plain end being adapted to be passed through the loop over the tongue,L and then back across the loop and tongue, and twisted around the band to fasten the tie to the bale,` substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEROY COOK.

V'Vltnesses:

WVALTER B. No'unsn, Lucius W. 'Bnlccs 

